What The Spec

Course Overview

Selling through specifications is central to getting products chosen for construction projects. This key training helps you fully understand the construction industry, especially how sales and marketing work for building specifications in South Africa. We also cover how to build strong, lasting relationships with key specifiers.

What You Will Learn

This course helps you become a trusted advisor in the specification sales process. You will learn to:

  • Get a good introduction to the construction industry. 
  • Learn how projects move through different stages and who is involved at each step. 
  • Understand the key people who decide on product specifications, and how to best reach them and work with them. 
  • Find out how to study other companies and keep track of what they are doing. 
  • Master the skills for selling products specifically for project specifications. This includes understanding that a specification is a recommendation, and the real sales lead happens at the bidding phase. 
  • Learn to identify and keep track of your most important clients. 
  • Build effective scripts for making cold calls.
  • Practice how to handle questions and concerns from potential customers. 
  • Improve your time management and learn to review your daily work tasks. 
  • Gain practical sales skills for in-person meetings.
  • Learn to find information and connect with people using digital tools. 

Course Details

  • How Long: The course time can change to fit your schedule, from short 1-hour meetings each week to full-day sessions. You get to choose! 
  • How We Teach: Our expert trainers will lead the course for 5 to 10 people at a time. This can happen in person in Gauteng or online using MS Teams. 
  • Your Materials: You will get a workbook with hands-on activities, links to more reading, and helpful YouTube videos. 
  • Finish Strong: You will receive a certificate when you complete the course.
  • Extra Help: Get one month of free support by phone and email after the course.

Why This Course Matters

Building strong relationships with specifiers is very important for success. Many architects even expect help with writing or reviewing specifications.

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What our clients say

“The course material resonated with my team as very relevant to their role in the building industry and made the training even more impactful. We have taken away useful and practical specifier and building sales knowledge and techniques that we can’t wait to put into practice.”Carol Ras, Kansai Plascon

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